JB Blues: Jones'n at the library

Since 2006, she’s been doing it as the frontwoman for the band Heather Jones & Jones’n.

Jones and the band will be the featured performers on Wednesday at the Jazz and Blues Series at the Southfield Public Library.

“I’ve been singing ever since I can remember,” Jones said. “My family all sang, my brother is a musician and my Dad and Mom are into music too.”

Jones never pursued a musical career until about 1998 when a friend convinced her to sing at a karaoke bar. According to Jones, people heard her sing and she was soon singing with the country band that played at the bar.

She and her husband, guitarist Donny Jones, were in the country band together for several years until 2006, when they decided to break away and start their own group.

“We just decided to do our own stuff,” said Heather Jones, a Flint native who describes the band’s music as blues-rock with some soul and funk influences. “We wanted to be in a group where we were in control of what goes on.”